The proposed Drug Resistance Index (DRI) is not a good measure of antibiotic effectiveness in relation to drug resistance

Christina M J E Vandenbroucke-Grauls; Gunnar Kahlmeter; Jan Kluytmans; Marjolein Kluytmans-van den Bergh; Dominique L Monnet; Gunnar Skov Simonsen; Robert L Skov; Ute Wolff Sönksen; Andreas Voss

doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001838

The proposed Drug Resistance Index (DRI) is not a good measure of antibiotic effectiveness in relation to drug resistance

Christina M J E Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Gunnar Kahlmeter, Jan Kluytmans, Marjolein Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Dominique L Monnet, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Robert L Skov, Ute Wolff Sönksen, Andreas Voss

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Original language	English
Article number	e001838
Pages (from-to)	e001838
Journal	BMJ global health
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001838
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2019

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Drug Resistance Index
antibiotic use
antimicrobial resistance

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Vandenbroucke-Grauls, C. M. J. E., Kahlmeter, G., Kluytmans, J., Kluytmans-van den Bergh, M., Monnet, D. L., Simonsen, G. S., Skov, R. L., Wolff Sönksen, U., & Voss, A. (2019). The proposed Drug Resistance Index (DRI) is not a good measure of antibiotic effectiveness in relation to drug resistance. BMJ global health, 4(4), e001838. Article e001838. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001838

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The proposed Drug Resistance Index (DRI) is not a good measure of antibiotic effectiveness in relation to drug resistance. / Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Christina M J E; Kahlmeter, Gunnar; Kluytmans, Jan et al.
In: BMJ global health, Vol. 4, No. 4, e001838, 01.08.2019, p. e001838.

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